The colors are almost certainly shot, but with some decent digital enhancement and color balancing, you might get an acceptable image from them. You’ve got nothing to lose but the cost of processing, so I say go for it.
Heck, those aren’t old! I found some 620 Ecktachrome exposed in 1960 and had it developed 35 years later. Surprisingly, the color shift wasn’t that much, altho the pix weren’t worth developing in the first place. Still, if I hadn’t processed them, I would have gone to my grave wondering just what was on that roll.
Go for it! That honeymoon won’t come around again!
A friend of my wife’s found an undeveloped roll of film in a kitchen drawer the other day, and took it in for processing. She thought the pictures were from her 2003 vacation.
When she got them back she was amazed to find that they were of her First Communion, 20 years ago. The colours were washed out a bit, but the quality was pretty good, considering.
If you try one of the 1 hour places, most won’t charge for prints that can’t be developed. K-Mart comes to mind. Say you have a 12 exp roll and only 2 pics are good, you get charged for 2 pics. At least, that’s how it’s done up here
The mail-in places usually don’t charge you for what can’t be developed, either.
I found some old Kodac 110 film cartridges and had them developed. The quality wasn’t stellar but it was pretty good and I discovered the pictures had been taken about 15 years prior to developing. It’s worth a shot–you never know what you’ll find on them.
It was 2000 or so when I found an old camera and developed it, only to find pictures of my 1st grade school play in 1985. They were faded and dark but pretty good, considering. So yeah, yours should be at least visible.
Your panoramic camera should still work fine. Outdated negative film does suffer some color degradation over time, but it’s surprisingly gradual and, when you get your prints back, the pictures are already color corrected in the printing process, so if there was any color shift, it was taken care of then. Where you really might notice the effect of time is in the contrast of the picture, but I’d reckon you’re still okay with that.
FYI: If anyone has any REALLY old film, the formula may no longer be used or the chemicals hard to get. When that happens, ordinary processing companies refuse it. But there is one company that specializes in “antique” processes, Rocky Mountain Film Co. The are expensive and slow, since they usually wait for a bunch of similar rolls to come in to do a batch. Still, if you gotta get it developed, they’re there.
I found some black and white film a few years ago, and asked around before giving it to a buddy to develop. It turned out to be pictures—circa 1940----of relatives I’d never seen before, including a great grandmother. It is possible. And Rocky Mountain Film Co is wonderful.